Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Sláintecare Implementation: Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin
Dr. Sara Burke:
On the Deputy's previous point concerning creeping privatisation, a good example of this is access to diagnostics. This is, again, a key component of Sláintecare. Good progress was made on this during Covid-19, in that GPs got access to diagnostics. This is, however, in the private sector and I do not know how much is happening to build up this capacity in the public sector. This is what needs to happen. It is not just about diverting this need to the private sector but about building up the public capacity to deliver this as well.
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